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- From: pwh@bradley.bradley.edu (Pete Hartman)
- Subject: Re: Camel Book for 5.xxx hardback?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep4.140237.17273@bradley.bradley.edu>
- Organization: Bradley University
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- Date: Fri, 4 Sep 92 14:02:37 GMT
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- In <1992Sep4.065932.1667@newross.Princeton.EDU> dem@cs.princeton.edu (Doron Meyer) writes:
- >I would have to wholeheartedly disagree. I bought copy of K&R 2 a few
- >years ago in hardback around the same time my friend bought the
- >softcover version. Mine is still in good condition, while his is
- >falling apart. If a Fortran has lasted until now, I think my book
- >will fall apart before ANSI C does.
-
- I think this says more about how your friend uses books. I have a
- hoary copy of K&R 1 in softcover that is a number of years old, and
- while it is obviously well-used, it is nowhere near falling apart.
- --
- Pete Hartman Bradley University pwh@bradley.bradley.edu
- People say that I'm out of touch with reality. That I'm insane.
- Sometimes I forget things. Who I am. Where I am. Unimportant things.
- But I'm not insane. I am a tick.
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